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Harvard researchers are launching an initiative at school districts in Massachusetts and three other states in an effort to help close the achievement gap among students, the university announced on Tuesday.

Harvard Graduate School of Education has selected Louisville as one of six cities to participate in a program that will develop ways to close the achievement gap for socio-economically disadvantaged children. The program — dubbed “By All Means: Redesigning Education to Restore Opportunity” — also calls on the cities’ mayors...

Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education has chosen Oakland as one of six cities across the nation to participate in a new project aimed at helping city, school and community leaders work together to eliminate the link between children’s socioeconomic status and their academic achievement.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) announced today the selection of six cities, including Salem, for a new multi-year initiative -- By All Means: Redesigning Education to Restore Opportunity -- aimed at developing comprehensive child wellbeing and education systems that help eliminate the link between children’s socioeconomic status and...

Two K-12 initiatives that are launching this week aim to capitalize on the mounting support for taking a more holistic approach to educating poor children, a shift away from the view that has heavily emphasized that schools alone can counteract the effects of poverty.

The Harvard Graduate School of Education announced Tuesday that it has selected the Oakland Unified School District to be one of six districts in the country to participate in a new program aimed at improving educational outcomes for all students. Harvard officials said the multi-year initiative, which is called, “By...